Explanation of XG-100P features…

[BMDaug]

Hello everyone, I have a 100P with a pretty good feature set, some of which I don’t fully understand. I have P25 conventional, trunking, and phase two along with encryption, mdc-1200, type 99, OTAP, and OTAR, all the bands (wideband enabled), plus gps, and bt. I understand what those all do and for the most part, how to use them.

What I don’t understand is what feature 12 ‘Digital Voice’ adds over what P25 already offers. I also don’t understand feature 57 ‘TSBK on an analog channel’. From reading, I think 57 could mean that the if the radio were inhibited, it could be uninhibited over the air, but even if I figured that one out, feature 12 is still a mystery.

Any help is appreciated as always. If there is a legend somewhere in the Harris docs which explains each feature, I’d love to know where to find that!

Have a great day everyone.
-B

 

[natedawg1604]

What are you trying to do with the radio exactly? A lot of those features will be totally useless (especially OTAR, OTAP etc) unless you happen to have your own multi-million dollar hobby P25 trunking system ...

 

[BMDaug]

Right, I realize several of them probably won’t be used. I’m just wanting to fully understand what feature 12 and 57 actually do. That’s it! Used or not, I just want to know.

Thanks!
-B

 

[mikegilbert]

Feature 12 could be AEGIS/Provoice, IIRC.
Feature 57 TSBK sends a P25 ID on an analog channel. Similar to FDNY's TPS system.

 

[prcguy]

I wish I could figure out what all the features are in my radio. I see some advertised as having all features on Fleabay and they show about six in the ad. I know they have no clue as mine has a bit more. And no, these are not Photoshop'd.

 

[TDR-94]

That looks like a very rare Demo unit to me

Aegis and ProVoice are not supported by the XG-100P.

 

[BMDaug]

Yep, that’s all you can get on a 100P I think!! Crazy!!!

Here’s a partial feature legend:
9 = type 99
12 = digital voice
16 = p25 data
22 = OTAP
33 = p25 cai
35 = p25 OTAR
37 = EDACS/p25 aes
39 = p25 trunking
41 = vhf low (XG-100M only)
42 = vhf high
43 = uhf
44 = 7/800
45 = DES CFB
46 = votescan
47 = phase 2
48 = gps
49 = Bluetooth
51 = mdc1200
57 = TSBK on analog
58 = wideband disabled (you don’t want this one)
59 = p25 edata
60 = p25 inband gps

That’s all I got for ya as of now! Please add!!
-B

 

[TDR-94]

Yep, that’s all you can get on a 100P I think!! Crazy!!!

Here’s a partial feature legend:
9 = type 99
12 = digital voice
33 = p25 cai
35 = p25 OTAR
37 = EDACS/p25 aes
39 = p25 trunking
41 = vhf low (XG-100M only)
42 = vhf high
43 = uhf
44 = 7/800
47 = phase 2
48 = gps
49 = Bluetooth
51 = mdc1200
57 = TSBK on analog
58 = wideband disabled (you don’t want this one)

That’s all I got for ya! Please add!!
-B

There are more than that supported by the XG-100P

 

[BMDaug]

@TDR-94 There’s more than 80? I was commenting on the list on prcguy’s radio, not saying my legend is comprehensive…
-B

 

[TDR-94]

80 features are what technically "can" be supported, in total, across the entire PSPC radio line. No single radio type supports 80 and there currently aren't 80 features available yet.

A demo unit uses a demo feature string, created by L3HARRIS, that enables all 80 of the feature bits, regardless of the number of features available and the radio type.

 

[TDR-94]

prcguy's XG-100P has every feature the XG-100P supports, enabled.

 

[prcguy]

prcguy's XG-100P has every feature the XG-100P supports, enabled.

Gosh, I feel my life is so complete now. I have no further goals.

 

[TDR-94]

Gosh, I feel my life is so complete now. I have no further goals.

The XL series will be instituting the new features that the XG-100 won't be able to support.

 

[K2NEC]

Here's the full feature list if you are interested:
01 Conventional Priority Scan
02 EDACS 3 Site System Scan
03 Public Address
04 EDACS Group Scan
05 EDACS Priority System Scan
06 EDACS/P25 ProScan (ProSound / Wide Area Scan)
07 EDACS/P25 Dynamic Regroup
08 EDACS/P25 Emergency
09 Type 99 Encode and Decode
10 Conventional Emergency
11 RX Preamp
12 Digital Voice
13 VGE Encryption
14 DES Encryption
15 VGS Encryption - User-defined speech encryption
16 EDACS/P25 Mobile Data
17 EDACS/P25 Status/Message
18 EDACS/P25 Test Unit
19 M-RK I Second Bank
20 OpenSky AES Encryption (128-Bit)
21 EDACS Security Key (ESK) / Personality Lock
22 ProFile
23 Narrow Band
24 Auto Power Control
25 OpenSky Voice
26 OpenSky Data
27 OpenSky OTAR
28 OpenSky AES Encryption (256-Bit)
29 ProVoice
30 Limited Feature Expansion (LPE-50/P5100/P5200/M5300)
31 Smart Battery
32 FIPS 140-2
33 P25 Common Air Interface (CAI) – P25 Conventional
34 Direct Frequency Entry
35 P25 Over-The-Air ReKeying (P25 OTAR)
36 Personality Cloning
37 EDACS/P25 AES Encryption (256-Bit)
38 Radio TextLink
39 P25 Trunking
40 700Mhz Only
41 VHF-Low (35-50)
42 VHF-High (136-174)
43 UHF (380-520)
44 700/800 MHz (Dual Band)
45 DES-CFB
46 Vote Scan
47 Phase II TDMA
48 GPS
49 Bluetooth
50 OMAP Wideband Disable
51 MDC1200 Signaling
52 C-TICK Certified Operation
53 Single Key DES
54 Control and Status Services
55 Link Layer Authentication
56 Motorola Multi-Group
57 TSBK on an Analog Channel
58 Unity Wideband Disable
59 eData
60 InBand GPS
61 Encryption Lite (ARC4)

 

[rjschilder]

@TDR-94 There’s more than 80? I was commenting on the list on prcguy’s radio, not saying my legend is comprehensive…
-B

There are several features that don't have a corresponding integer (TDMA CC, HVTDMA, VIDA ID, In-band alias, etc...). 62 is single key AES (to add to your list)

 

[BMDaug]

Thanks everyone for the insight! This is all very interesting! So does anyone know what specifically 12 Digital Voice is if it’s not aegis and or provoice? (Sounds like those modes aren’t supported…) Is it related to P25 or is there some other mode? Just trying to figure out what that one means!

Thanks,
Brian

 

[IFRIED91]

And the xg100P + encryption lite dilemma… it’s marketed and listed in the feature price list BUT RPM14 won’t let u load ADP keys into a unity portable ugh

 

[KB3ZWI]

09 Type 99 Encode and Decode is a feature I wish my radio had. It's more of a "would be nice to have" rather than a need. I called around / emailed a few dealers in my general area and haven't had much luck. I'm not sure how to get that feature and what the potential cost would be.

The fact that is has wideband enabled, BT, GPS, P25C and all bands is excellent though.

 

[IFRIED91]

09 Type 99 Encode and Decode is a feature I wish my radio had. It's more of a "would be nice to have" rather than a need. I called around / emailed a few dealers in my general area and haven't had much luck. I'm not sure how to get that feature and what the potential cost would be.

The fact that is has wideband enabled, BT, GPS, P25C and all bands is excellent though.

You know you can’t scan when on a channel with type 99 mute enable. Also the t99 alert tone is really awful (three low pitch beeps) when using it to alert in an emergency especially when you’re in a break room with other people talking

 

[wa8pyr]

Also the t99 alert tone is really awful (three low pitch beeps) when using it to alert in an emergency especially when you’re in a break room with other people talking.

All Harris radios are like this. We've got around it by attaching an obnoxious alert tone to the end of our paging tones.